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Definition: Go-ahead |
Go-aheadNoun1. The signal to proceed. 2. Readiness to embark on bold new ventures. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "go-ahead" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Synonyms: Go-aheadSynonyms: enterprise (n), enterprisingness (n), green light (n), initiative (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart; fast; (swift); quick as a lamplighter, expeditious; awake, broad awake; go-ahead, live wide-awake; (intelligent). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Bahrain | Plans for an expansion of Bahrain's Askar Industrial Area have been given the go-ahead. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Go-ahead" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 78.41% of the time. "Go-ahead" is used about 88 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 78.41% | 69 | 40,280 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 21.59% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 88 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | The Go-Ahead Group Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Language | Translations for "go-ahead"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | dát komu zelenou (give smb. the go-ahead, give smb. the green light, give the green light). (various references) | |
Finnish | näyttää vihreätä valoa (give the go-ahead). (various references) | |
French | fonceur (go-ahead type). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vállalkozó (contractor, entrepreneur), rámenősség (abrasiveness, hustle), rámenős (abrasive, pushy), erélyesség (hustle), erélyes (energetic, forceful), agilis (agile), életrevaló (have plenty to say for oneself). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | o-aheadgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | progressão (ladder, progress, progression, series), penoso (arduous, bitter, burdensome, difficult, grievous, irksome, laborious, painful, thorny, toilful, toilsome, tough, trying, unthankful, weary), moderno (modern), escarpado (steep), energético (energetic), empreendedor (enterprising), difícil (difficult, hard, inconvenient), corajoso (brave, courageous, gallant, valiant), aventureiro (adventurer, adventurous), atividade (activity), ambição (ambition), árduo (arduous, difficult, painful, thorny, toilful, toilsome, tough, trying). (various references) | |
Russian | разрешение (authorization, permission, permittance). (various references) | |
Swedish | framåtanda (go-ahead spirit, gumption, push). (various references) | |
Thai | การอนุญาต (authorization, licence, license), ซึ่งดำเนินการต่อไป. (various references) | |
Turkish | yeşil ışık yakmak (give smb. the go-ahead, give smb. the green light). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tháo vát; hăng hái, tín hiệu xuất phát sự tiến bộ, tích cực (active), sự tiến tới người dám nghĩ dám làm, người tháo vát, người hăng hái tích cực, dám nghĩ, dám làm (enterprising, pushing). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-g-h-o" | |
-2 letters: aahed, adage, ahead. | |
-3 letters: aged, agha, dago, doge, egad, gaed, goad, hade, haed, head, hoed, odea, ohed. | |
-4 letters: aah, ado, aga, age, ago, aha, dag, dah, doe, dog, edh, ego, gad, gae, ged, goa, god, had, hae, hag, hao, hod, hoe, hog, ode. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, ae, ag, ah, de, do, ed, eh, go. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-g-h-o" | |
+3 letters: dragonhead. | |
+4 letters: autographed, dragonheads, halogenated. | |
+5 letters: radiographed. | |
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